Take Advantage of iOS 7's New Features

On Sept. 18, Apple formally began distributing iOS 7 to users. Within one month, iOS 7 was running on 69.3 percent of iOS devices, according to app monitoring company Fiksu. On Sept. 20, Apple began selling the new iPhone 5s and 5c. While excitement surrounds the release of any new operating system, Apple creates additional excitement for developers, due to the rapid uptake of each new version of iOS.

With iOS 7, Apple has provided a number of new features worth getting to know. Since this column is called "Cross-Platform C#," the question of the length of time it takes Xamarin to provide support for new features comes up frequently. There's good news on that front, because Xamarin has provided same-day support for the latest version of iOS. This article will take a look at some of these new iOS features